Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Phonetic Symbols -- List of Figures -- Abbreviations -- 1. Varieties of Early Modem English -- 2. Attitudes to English -- 3. Phonology -- 4. Grammar: (1) Morphology -- 5. Grammar: (2) Syntax -- 6. The Expanding Vocabulary -- 7. Changes of Meaning -- Appendix: Further Passages for Study -- Select Bibliography -- Index